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It's unfortunate that compulsory education is necessary, because free market education, despite being better and cheaper, only works for parents who care about their children's education. Unfortunately without compulsory education, a lot of parents would spend their kids tuition on a new car instead of giving their kid a chance at a future.

I think the hybrid approach of school vouchers is the best way to go. Get rid of the teachers union and most government involvement and let schools compete for 'resources.'

Charter and private schools in the right hands beat the crap out of any public school.

And I know many home schooled kids who's independant thinking skills make honor students in public schools resemble the thought processes of Timmy from South Park . When you have less regulation from Government and little overhead, you can truly educate. That's at least one of the lessons of home schooling and the things you've mentioned above.

So you guys are letting incompetent parents let the education of the entire country slip? I think theres a conspiracy here where if most of the country is full of uneducated 'tards the Republicans will win every election for eternity.

And I know many home schooled kids who's independant thinking skills make honor students in public schools resemble the thought processes of Timmy from South Park . When you have less regulation from Government and little overhead, you can truly educate. That's at least one of the lessons of home schooling and the things you've mentioned above.

Theres also the fact that the head of the human genome project was home schooled.